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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent
by Crayon, Geoffey Gent. (Washington Irving)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Covers are off at hinges, text block and endpapers are bright and clean, overall tight. Bookplate of I.W. Drummond inside front
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: John Miller, Burlington Arcade, 1820. first. Leather bound. Covers are off at hinges, text block and endpapers are bright and clean, overall tight. Bookplate of I.W. Drummond inside front cover. Full polished calf with git borders on covers, five raised-bands and label remnant, alledges gilt. 320 pp., vignette on title-page. This is the rare first edition, first issue with the title-page imprint by John Miller. First volumes with the John Miller imprint are rare: Miller began publishing volume I of this work, and his company failed during its production. John Murray took over printing the remainder of the first volume, as well as the second volume. Murray also published the second edition of both volumes the same year, being the first English edition under one publisher. This binding can be repaired, or redone to match your orphan Volume 2. A very nice copy all things considered.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 173352
- Title
- The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent
- Author
- Crayon, Geoffey Gent. (Washington Irving)
- Format/Binding
- Leather bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Covers are off at hinges, text block and endpapers are bright and clean, overall tight. Bookplate of I.W. Drummond inside front
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first
- Publisher
- John Miller, Burlington Arcade
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1820
- Keywords
- Literature Young and Old ; Washington Irving ; ;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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- Text Block
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- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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